Protecting honest elections & promoting voter participation

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What is Ranked Choice Voting?

Ranked-Choice Voting (RCV), also called Instant-Runoff Voting (IRV), is a complex election process where voters can rank multiple candidates for a single office.

Election Date Consolidation

All of the research backs up common sense: combining local elections with state and national elections increases voter participation. And lots of people claim to want that—so why doesn’t it happen? The answer is that insiders benefit from weird election dates that lead to low voter turnout.

Bad news abounds for RCV

2026 could go down as the worst year on record for the ranked-choice voting movement.

Georgia Legislature Fails to Pass RCV Ban

Even though Senate Bill 175 failed to pass this session, it doesn’t mean the fight is over.

Will Sacramento become the next Oakland?

By California standards, Sacramento is considered one of the safer big cities in the state with a more moderate local government. But if the city adopts ranked-choice voting for municipal elections, you could see that change.

Maine Court strikes down RCV expansion

The highest court in Maine has struck down an attempt by the Legislature to expand ranked-choice voting in state elections.

Virginia Legislature Passes Bills Expanding Ranked-Choice Voting

RCV has failed everywhere it’s been tried. Yet, Virginia legislators recently passed SB 176, which would encourage local governments to implement ranked-choice voting in the state.

For election policy, scale and scope matter

When it comes to election policies, the number of voters participating matters. So does the importance of an election.

Finding the right reforms

Will ‘election reformers’ learn from their failures?

Rank MI Vote loss was a big deal

Ranked-choice voting advocates pushed to make Michigan the largest RCV experiment ever, despite the system only being used at far smaller scales and showing problems elsewhere.

Are RCV donors done?

Voters can be thankful if some of the biggest donors are moving on from RCV.

"Rank MI Vote" surrenders in Michigan

A campaign to bring ranked-choice voting to Michigan has failed.

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